Being a Work From Home Parent

It sounds like a dream – take care of your child at home, work from home, make money and be a Stay at Home Parent (SAHP) without the financial stresses that it sometimes entails.

And it can be. Being a SAHP while you take care of your child is possible.

But it’s also difficult, and in some cases even more difficult than you expect.

It should come as little surprise that children are a handful, and need a lot of work.

That means that being a SAHP isn’t going to be as easy as it sounds.

Challenges include:

Regular InterruptionsWhen you’re home, children will “bother” you often.

Expectations from Other ParentIf the other parent isn’t home, they don’t know how hard you’re working.

MotivationWhen you have to take care of a child all day, it won’t be easy to get immediately to work when you’re done.You’re going to find that taking care of a child is a lot of work, and so being productive in the little time you have to yourself is very difficult.

That said, it is still possible.

You can work in evenings, and have a partner help take care of your child when they get home from work.

You can look for someone to babysit while you’re home, paying a low cost each day to give you a few hours of work.

You can also set standards and expectations for yourself about when you work and how hard.

If you can immediately work when you do have a break, multitask, and do it all without feeling overwhelmed, working from home still has potential.

But you may have to curtail some of your financial expectations.

Making a fortune working for home as a SAHP isn’t going to be easy.

Making enough to get by, especially if you can combine it with a partner’s income – that may be more possible.